Saturday, January 31, 2015

The New York Superrich and Their Super-Luxury Housing Amenities




Over-the-Top Amenities: Sweating the Details.  (The New York Times, 1/28/2015)
Home, it would appear, is where the hamam is. 

At least for the superrich. For along with the Olympic-size pools, children’s playrooms designed by experts in early-childhood development, basketball courts, demonstration and catering kitchens, lounges or “great rooms” with fireplaces, curated libraries, guest rooms, full-size gyms, spinning rooms and yoga studios, the hamam (pronounced hah-MOM) has joined the amenity package, as the brokers say, of the luxury development market. Or “super luxury” market, which is to say buildings where the price per square foot begins at about $3,000.

Small and Medium-Sized Parents Remain Unmoved



Doctor fed up with measles outbreak takes controversial stance.  (CBS Evening News, 1/30/2015)
Some parents we spoke with, who oppose vaccines, say they feel bullied by doctors who threaten to drop un-immunized patients. But Dr. Goodman says his new policy is already having an effect - large parents are calling his office to make an appointment for vaccinations.

Keep in mind, folks, that the Iowa Freedom Summit, where Scott Walker was so warmly received, was a conservative nutburgerfest


Hosted by King Nut and immigration expert....

Photo credit:  U.S. Congress
Text source:  Huffington Post

Related posts:
The company he keeps: Scott Walker to pal around with Steve King in Iowa on January 24.  (1/9/2015)

Indiana Governor Mike Pence sez, Who needs libraries when we have the Internet?



Indiana library faces major cuts under proposed budget.  (Elkhart Truth, 1/30/2015)

Imagine no BadgerLink
State budget director Brian Bailey said INSPIRE was defunded because it offers services that are already available online through sites such as Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search, though Krull said access will be limited compared to INSPIRE. Bailey also said the genealogy department’s service is the same as offered on ancestry.com.

Let's just hope that Scott Walker doesn't get any ideas from his friend Mike Pence.

Scott Walker: Go Big, Go Bold, Go Borrow!


Walker bypasses gas tax hike, wants $1.3 billion in transportation bonds.  (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/30/2015)
Under the Republican governor's plan, bonding for transportation would rise by about 30%, but the state's overall borrowing would drop. That's because Walker is recommending that the state delay construction of buildings that haven't already gotten initial approval, including for the University of Wisconsin System. 

The plan, released Friday to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, comes after Walker has spent more than a year calling for finding new long-term solutions for funding transportation.

And he's telling professors to work more!!  Ay-yi-yii!!

Republican legislative leaders aren't exactly thrilled with this announcement.



Other big and bold posts:
Koch Brothers go big, go bold, will spend $889 million to buy 2016 elections.  (1/27/2015)
The Koch Brothers bring you "The Big and the Bold".  (1/24/2015)

Kenneth Klenck (1926-2015) Warren High School Class of 1944



1944 Dragon yearbook

"Kenneth" remained a very popular name throughout most of the 20th century.


The #1 song in the 5 weeks leading up to graduation.

 

Other members of the class of '44:
Dolores Nuhfer Anthony.  (9/21/2014)
Marjorie Christensen Anderson.  (10/6/2013)

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Steven Palazzo Mississippi's 4th Congressional District


Photo source U.S. Congress
Text sourceU.S. Congressman Steven Palazzo

Tea Party disappointment Palazzo was re-elected to a 3rd term with 70% of the vote. He chairs the Subcommittee on Space of the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology.

Recommended reading for Rep. Palazzo and residents of his southern Mississippi district.

Gulf Coast Climate Change Adaptation Project.  (The Nature Conservancy)


No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.

Alabama Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives.   (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word:  coal.  Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13.  The state's peak year of production:  1990)  
Alaska Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
  • At-large District.  Don Young (R).   Ridiculed environmentalists as a “self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.” 
 Arizona Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Arkansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
California Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Colorado Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
No House Republicans hail from Connecticut and Delaware. 
Florida Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Georgia Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Idaho Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Illinois Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Indiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Iowa Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Kansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Kentucky Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Louisiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Maine Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
No House Republicans in Massachusetts delegation.
Michigan Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
Minnesota Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
Mississippi Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

No Friend to the Environment: Republican Representative Gregg Harper, Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District


Photo sourceU.S. Congress
Text sourceThus Blogged Anderson

Rep. Harper was re-elected to a 4th term with 69% of the vote. He serves House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Recommended reading for Rep. Harper and residents of his southwest to east central Mississippi district.
 
Climate Change:  How It Affects Our Park.  (National Park Service.)


No Friend to the Environment dishonor roll.

Alabama Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives.   (Their anti-environmentalism can be summed up in one word:  coal.  Which is odd, since Alabama contributes a mere 1.9% of U.S. production, good enough for an overall ranking of 13.  The state's peak year of production:  1990)  
Alaska Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
  • At-large District.  Don Young (R).   Ridiculed environmentalists as a “self-centered bunch of waffle-stomping, Harvard-graduating, intellectual idiots.....not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.” 
 Arizona Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Arkansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
California Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Colorado Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
No House Republicans hail from Connecticut and Delaware. 
Florida Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Georgia Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Idaho Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Illinois Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Indiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
 Iowa Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Kansas Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Kentucky Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Louisiana Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Maine Congressional delegation:  U.S. House of Representatives
Maryland Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
No House Republicans in Massachusetts delegation.
Michigan Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
Minnesota Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives
Mississippi Congressional delegation:   U.S. House of Representatives

Wisconsin Public Library Holdings: Iron County Print, Audio, Video (1996-2013)


NOTE: Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.   

2010 population:  5,916

Public libraries in Iron County








Percentage change by format, 1996-2013




Other posts in this series:
Adams County.  (1/5/2015)
Ashland County.  (1/6/2015) 
Barron County.  (1/7/2015) 
Bayfield County.  (1/8/2015) 
Brown County.  (1/9/2015)  
Buffalo County.  (1/10/2015) 
Burnett County.  (1/11/2015) 
Calumet County.  (1/12/2015) 
Chippewa County.  (1/13/2015)
Clark County.  (1/14/2015)
Columbia County.  (1/15/2015) 
Crawford County.  (1/16/2015)
Dane County.  (1/17/2015) 
Dodge County.  (1/18/2015) 
Door County.  (1/19/2015) 
Douglas County.  (1/20/2015) 
Dunn County.  (1/21/2015) 
Eau Claire County.  (1/22/2015) 
Florence County.  (1/23/2015)
Fond du Lac County.  (1/24/2015) 
Forest County.  (1/25/2015) 
Grant County.  (1/26/2015) 
Green County.  (1/27/2015)
Green Lake County.  (1/29/2015) 
Iowa County.  (1/30/2015)


Other Wisconsin public library statistics series:

Public Library Circulation and Program Attendance, 1996-2013.  (Complete)

Public Access Internet Computers (1999-2013) and Print Serial Subscriptions (1996-2013).  (Complete)

Total Annual Hours of Operation (1996-2013) and Total Square Footage (2000-2012) of Wisconsin Public Libraries.  (Through Onieda County as of 1/31/2015)